Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Performing error correction in computer memory
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Application No.: US16387846Application Date: 2019-04-18
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Publication No.: US10971246B2Publication Date: 2021-04-06
- Inventor: John S. Dodson , Marc A. Gollub , Warren E. Maule , Brad W. Michael
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agent Nathan M. Rau
- Main IPC: G11C29/00
- IPC: G11C29/00 ; G06F11/10 ; G06F12/1009 ; G06F12/0871 ; G06F3/06

Abstract:
Performing error correction in computer memory including receiving a read request targeting a read address within the computer memory; accessing a mark table comprising a plurality of entries, each entry including a field specifying a region size, a field specifying a match address, and a field specifying a mark location; performing a lookup of the mark table using the read address including, for each entry in the mark table: generating a mask based on the region size stored in the entry; determining, based on the mask, whether the read address is within a memory region specified by the match address and region size stored in the entry; and if the read address is within the memory region specified by the match address and region size stored in the entry, performing error correction using the mark location stored in the entry.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190244676A1 PERFORMING ERROR CORRECTION IN COMPUTER MEMORY Public/Granted day:2019-08-08
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